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<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">2.x Auto-Scheduling</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">The auto-scheduler uses a course list,
a professor list, and a room list to create a schedule. The
auto-scheduler will generate a schedule that fits all the
requirements given by the user, but this schedule will usually need
to be adjusted for conflicts, additional subjective factors, etc.</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">2.x.1 Running the Auto-Scheduler</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in"><SPAN STYLE="font-style: normal">To run
the auto-scheduler, click the </SPAN><I>Auto-Scheduler </I><SPAN STYLE="font-style: normal">button.
This will bring up the following screen:</SPAN></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal">(nyerr)</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal">Here's how to
adjust each parameter, blah blah blah. You pick which lists of
classrooms, teachers, and courses it will work with. There are
buttons that link to the list-editing screens for convenience.</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in"><SPAN STYLE="font-style: normal">Once
all parameters are set, the user clicks the </SPAN><I>Run
Auto-Scheduler</I> <SPAN STYLE="font-style: normal">button. The
scheduler will create a new schedule and display it for editing.</SPAN></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal">2.x.2 Pinning
Sections and Re-Generating</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal">You can edit a
generated schedule manually to your satisfaction, but often it's best
to take an iterative approach to auto-scheduling.</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in"><SPAN STYLE="font-style: normal">During
auto-scheduling, each section has a </SPAN><I>pin</I> <SPAN STYLE="font-style: normal">button
on it. Pinning a section will tell the auto-scheduler that you like
the placement of that section and that it should remain untouched by
the scheduler.</SPAN></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in"><SPAN STYLE="font-style: normal">(Figure
four million: the </SPAN><I>pin</I> <SPAN STYLE="font-style: normal">button.
It looks like a thumbtack on the section)</SPAN></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in"><SPAN STYLE="font-style: normal">Pin
all the sections you're satisfied with, then click the </SPAN><I>Run
Auto-Scheduler </I><SPAN STYLE="font-style: normal">button again. The
auto-scheduler will scramble all unpinned sections. Now, pin any that
are satisfactory, then run the auto-scheduler again. Continue in this
way until the schedule is roughed out and ready to be edited by hand.</SPAN></P>
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